Voici la liste de ceux qui on prit leur retraite en 2012

= Brian Rolston - Jason Blake - Saku Koivu - Vaclav Prospal - Martin Brodeur
= Cory Stillman - Ray Whitney
= Bryan McCabe
= Sean O'Donnell - Jamal Mayers
= Mathieu Schneider - Alex Kovalev
= Johan Hedberg
= Tomas Holmström - Nicklas Lidström - Todd Bertuzzi
= Jaroslav Spacek
= Andy Sutton
= John Madden - Pavol Demitra
= Alexei Yashin
= Adrian Aucoin
= Dwayne Roloson
= Jay Pandolfo
= Sami Salo
= Hal Gill - Jaromir Jagr